It is baffling that people assume they are destined to a life overweight. Why, some people even believe that they are destined to have the infamous apple or pear shaped body; no matter how much they diet or exercise. 

I would like to clarify that this is not the case. The truth is that you really can control your body's destiny or gene expression.

Here is a nice piece from Mark Sisson.

One of the best ways to illustrate what I mean by “reprogram your genes” is to use the analogy that Duke University’s Randy Jirtle, Ph.D., uses in the following videos. Think of your genome as being like computer hardware. If you were to program your computer you wouldn't be changing the hardware, rather, you would be changing the software that tells the computer what to do. So just as we talk about reprogramming or programming a computer and don’t suggest that the hardware itself has changed we likewise can talk about reprogramming our genes without suggesting that the genes have changed. In the case of genes what we are really changing is the epigenome. To quote Dr. Jirtle, “the epigenome would be like the software that tells the computer when to work, how to work and how much.”

 Luckily for us our genes are not our destiny. We have immense control through lifestyle behaviors to turn some genes on and other genes off for desired physical results. Watch these videos for it to all come together if it hasn't already.

Thanks to Mark Sisson.

Still a skeptic of gene expression? You may have heard of this professional cheerleader who was perfectly fine until the flu vaccination forced her body to express a gene that caused permanent neurological damage. Otherwise that gene would remain dormant. 

For good health, I'll skip the vaccines, workout regularly, and stick to healthy whole foods; washed and prepared just the way I like them - from home.